Ohio House still mulling Medicaid expansion freeze

Ohio House leadership has indicated that legislators are still considering a vote to reinstate a freeze on Medicaid expansion enrollment (Source: “Ohio House Still Considering Medicaid Expansion Freeze,”WOSU Public Media, Sept. 21, 2017).

Republican lawmakers have argued that freezing enrollment for the Medicaid expansion population is one way to prepare for the possible repeal of the federal health care law. Lawmakers put the freeze in the state budget, but Gov. John Kasich vetoed it.

Now Republican House Speaker Pro Tempore Kirk Schuring says members are once again weighing a veto override vote.

“We’re still working with our members regarding how that might play out and it’s too early to say whether or not we have the votes.”